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Page Four THE CAMPUS ECHO Tuesday, November 26, 1968 Alumnus Directs College Choir By Dianne Harper M r. Charles Gilchrist of Laurinburg, North Carolina is the new North Carolina College choir director. He assumed his post on September 10. He attend ed undergraduate school at NCC where he received the Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation, he attended the School of Music at Indiana University where he was awarded the M.M. degree. Upon invitation by the NCC Music Department, and because of his love for his alma mater, Mr. Gilchrist returned to NCC as a dedicated and loyal Eagle. Having worked in high school for a number of years, he anti cipated a great adjustment on his part with students at the college level; but after working with the students for a few weeks, he found that they were “wonderful people” and that they made the transition very smoothly. Mr. Gilchrist, who is married to Iris Worley Gilchrist and the father of a son Aaron Charles Gilchrist, resides at 1222 Lake land Street. His favorite pas times include reading and watch ing television. When asked his impression ol North Carolina College, he stat ed that the new regulations here have established a sense of self- direction in the student and that the students seemed now to be more mature individuals than they were when he was here. Plans for the choir this year include a concert in Mt. Airy, North Carolina; a concert for the Afro-American Week at Ihike University; a tentative tour along the Eastern Coast; with concerts in Washington, Balti more, Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, and Michigan. His aims for the choir are to expK>se the members as well, as our college eommunity, to quali ty choral music. He does not merely strive for a good group but for a good singing group. PAULINE’S EATMORE 406 E. Pettigrew St. ELVIRA’S BLUE DINE-ET Pettigrew St. The Store That Sets You Apart GLADSTEIN’S * Outfitters To Men * (Sizes To 66) 209 N. Manguin Street Telephone 684-7071 Durham, N. C. Racial Showdown is Inevitable By Michael Garrett It is an unquestionable reality that a showdown of the racial problem in America is in the making. The revolution which Americans are now involved in will inevitably end with a whis per or a bang. The real ques tions that face us as concerned p»ersons are these: When will this showdown take place? Will it be triggered by blacks or whites? Who will be on top once the showdown is over? This showdown is due to oc cur when the racial communica tion that is now weakening comes to an end. The dwindling communication was made clear this year by the Republican Party at its national convention. For example, there was a time when all political groups were quick to take some type of posi tion on civil rights. This year’s Republican national convention evaded the civil rights plank and instead stood on something called a commitment on “law and order.” To blacks this is an implication that the whites -Fresliman- (Continued from Page 1 ) Clyburn, Mike Garrett, and Jesse Parker, Jr. Miss Matthews is from Rich mond, Virginia. Her major is Sociology, her minor Mathemat ics. Her ambition at the present is undecided. Miss Williams is from Deep Run, N. C. Her major is Math ematics and her minor is Biol ogy. Her ambition is to become a mathematician. Clyburn is from Winston- Salem, N. C. His major is. So ciology and his minor is Politi cal Science. His ambition is to become a social worker for the government. Garrett is from Greenville, N. C. His major is Business Ad ministration. His minor is unde cided at the present. His ambi tion is to become a realtor. Parker is from Murfreesboro, N. C. His major is Biology and his minor is undecided at the present. His ambition is to be come a medical technician. “Miss Freshman” for 1968-69 is Miss Tawana Belinda Nivens, a Charlotte native. Miss Nivens is a graduate of North Mecken- burg High School. She plans to major in Sociology; her minors are Music and Psychology. Miss Nivens ambition is to be a psy chiatric social worker. While in high school Miss Nivens participated in various activities. She was a homecom ing attendant at her high school for 1967-68; a member of the International Relations Club, the National Fraternity of Student Musician, the Red Cross, the Westminster Fellowship Church, and the Mecklenburg High School Band. She was a junior model for “Bobbie Brooks Fashion for two years. She was unable to be come a permanent model, how ever, because of her relatively short height, which is five feet, three inches, without shoes. In the area of music, she has played the piccolo for two years, the piano for eight, and the flute for eight. She has also done creative dancing. have been looking for a way out. Now they have one and they plan to use it. Although it is highly feasible to insure voters of physical security with all of the “law and order stuff,” it is also, pathetic that a political party so cunningly failed to make clear its position on the nation’s most grave problem. Blacks have no choice but to instigate the racial showdown, for blacks and only blacks have the inborn will to be free at any cost. Ann Fairbairn in her book. Five Smooth Stones stated that suppression carries with it the seed of its own destruction. In the racial situation, blacks carry in their hearts the desire to end suppression with some thing that suppression denied them—respect. At this point, it is very remote that the racial showdown will be initiated by whites, since they have little to gain in the rebirth of our nation as a truly united body. It is for this reason that revolution sounds so bitter to whites, yet so sweet to blacks. It is also for this reason that the cry for revolu tion has spread like a pestilence over America. The most complex episode of any showdown is its aftermath, for this episode reveals who won the showdown and shows if in reality the showdown was necessary. The necessity of a termination to the racial prob lem is quite evident. Thus, the only question left is who would survive such a battle of the races? The answer is not as ob vious as it may appear from either points of view. The white side presumes a victory due to their population majority and to their possession of most of the artillery. The black side as sures itself of a victory in its belief that it’s time whites got the “slow fry in hell” that they are entitled to and that no mat ter what, justice will be served. By no fortuitous occurrences will the racial problem go on and on. Biblical and logical reasoning assures that no prob lem is permanent. The problem of whether or not one man will stand above another in America will be terminated. It is unfor tunate though that the termina tion of history’s most democratic government may occur with the termination of history’s most un civilized problem. There remains only one hope—that black peo ple will survive after all white doctrines have caused this na tion’s downfall. This hope lies solely on the philosophies of Black Power. Shirts Adam Hats Clothing Slacks Everything For Men and Boys Campus Sports Wear PEOPLES 1 Best^ Little Store In Durham Where the Action Is’’ Harry Goldberg Phone 688-8921 211 N. Mangum Street Durham, N. C. Resources-Use Conference Principalg: Mr. Wallace Blackwell, Dr. Theodore Speigner, Mr. James Hannaham, Mr. Alfred Whitesides. Resource-Use Confab Held At NCC The twenty-second annual meeting of the North Carolina Resource-Use Education Confer ence convened at North Carolina College at Durham, Nov. 4. The one-day conference featured general sessions, Resource-U s e workshops, and symposiums. The first general session fea tured a student symposium con ducted by juniors and seniors from participating high schools throughout the State. The topic of the symposium was: “Shall It Be Separatism or Integration for Black People of America?” Professor F. A. Freeman, Principal, Jordan Sellars High School, Burlington, North Caro lina, was the presiding officer. Greetings were extended by Al fred Whitesides, president ©f the Noi*th Carolina College Student Government Association. Music for the first general session was furnished by the Jordan Sellars High School Choir of Burling ton under the direction of Mrs. Gwendolyn G. Harrelson. t The guest speaker for the second general session was James H. Hannaham, a top rank ing Negro Oceanographer, Office of Oceanography, United States Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Greetings were extended to delegates and their friends by Dr. Albert N. Whiting, President of North Carolina College, and Dr. C. Elwood Boulware, Dur ham City Councilman. Invoca tion was given by Dr. Lawrence FRIENDLY CITY BARBER SHOP ‘Pleasing You Pleases Vs” We Specialize In Ladies’ Hair Cuts 711 Fayetteville St. Phone 683-3658 Durham, N. C. A. Miller, Pastor, St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church, Durham, North Carolina. Music was fur nished by Jones High School Choir, Trenton, North Carolina, under the direction of Robert T. Simmons. Ten special interest workshops focused on the improvement of instuction in several academic subjects. Among the ten work shops listed, several appealed to in-teachers particularly; science, geography, mathematics, read ing, guidance, human relations, mental health, social studies, and the College Geography Seminar., The conference sponsored a desegregation workshop during the afternoon session. Dr. David Gerard, Acting Chief, Office, Education Branch, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C., was the con sultant. The High School Day” was sponsored again this year on November 14th. All junior and senior high school students were invited to attend the twenty- second annual meeting of The North Carolina Resource-Use Education Conference. Seniors from participating high schools of the Conference were invited as guests. The Conference sponsored a materials exhibition center for elementary and high school teachers, students, and parents. Several publishing companies had representatives on hand to display modern teaching aids and materials for innovations in teaching. SERVICE TAILOR SHOP LADIES’ AND MEN’S Remodeling and All Types of Alterations Suits Made To NIeasure Right over Sam’s Pawn Shop C. E. Jemison, Proprietor 120^ E. Main Street Phone 682-3144 Durham, N. C.
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